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t Tl 11. AMKIMCAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
The Christmas slogan Shop Ear
ly, is already abroad.
After all it is the forgotten man
that is the foundation of our civ
ilization.
The land values of Walker coun
ty, according to the recent census
report stand sixth in the Seventh
Congressional District.
Have you answered; Here, with
your heart and a dollar in the Am
erican Red Cross Roll Call Cam
paign?
The fellow that looks upon Sun
day as the dreariest of days,
should break the monotony of Sun
day and attend church.
In California they have what is
known ns the poor man’s court,.
This is a court where no lawyers
are employed, hut the litigants go
with their evidence directly to the
jugde, who decides the cases for
litigants without cost to them.
It is not such a hard thing to
co-operate with the forces in your
community that make for prog
ress, once you get a taste of the
joy of working side by side with
your fellows.
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Elect the best qualified and the
most progressive men as school
trustees next Saturday, to keep
the school fires burning brighter
and, brighter.
Talking about Hughes surpris
ing the foreign delegates at, the
Arm; conference with hi.; plans
for the nations to adopt would’nl,
they sit up and take notiea if Tom
Watson was a member of the A
meriean delegation?
THANKSGIVING
It is a beautiful custom that a
nation ceases from its labor one
day in the year and takes time to
be thankful for the goodness of
Hod. And as we turn our thoughts
as a nation and as a people to
Thanksgiving day, w e do not have
to wander far in our minds until
we find the blessings we have en
joyed the past year more than wo
can count.
All over this land of urn’s people!
will gather in churches and other
appropriate places, where they
will sing praises of thankssgiving
to Him who gives the blessings of
life.
This day should be a wonderful
inspiration to people in this land.
It should be a day when »'e real
ise how ungrateful we have boon
and how great is the goodness of
Hod to the children ol wm. b'rom
this day’s contemputlioi anil wor
ship and service, we should rise
with a greater purpose to live the
more thankful life and determined
to express our gratitude in larger
and better terms of unselfish
j fulness to tho". about us.
It is a day when we should rid
urselves of all bickerings, aU
carping criticism, all destructivi
k ,j; bis that mar th" course or
ihe mind and life, and give our
selves to a better and more cheer
fill and more grateful attitude of
mind.
Wonderful are the possibilities
f this day. Let us i >t let th
•’e.rt opportunite* slip.
A PROPOSITION OF MERIT
The farmer’s auction sale and
the merchants Golden Rule sale
«hidi is being pro loh-d by the
LaFayette Advertising Club, will
ti i glad the first Monday in De
cember.
The whole idea of this plan is
to express co-operation and to en
list co-operation gn the part of
the business men of the town and
Ihe farmers for mutual profit. Al
‘.vays there are those who are skepy
tical of any new enterprize, but
from the plans of the proposed
Advertising Club, the project
holds great merit.
Folks in this day and time, it is
’>ften said, have to be shown. The
Advertising Club proposes to show
thoSr concerned the value and
the practicability of tho proposi
tion.
In next week’s issue the Golden
Rule Sale bargains from twenty
'or more merchants will bo pub
lished. These bargains are not
shelf-worn and are not hard stock
the merchant wishes to clear his
shelves of, but they are seasonable
»oods, are real, guaranteed, honest
bargains.
The auction sale for the farm- j
ns v .’1 be held on the same day to
which any farmer may bring in
any used farming tools, household
goods and livestock, he may wish
to dispose of for cash, and it will
be offered for sale without cost to
him.
Watch next week’s issue for
full particulars.
You will readily agree that
there are a thousand things you
ought to be thankful for, but are
you, that’s the question?
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f TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO |
November 26, 1896.
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Below will he founu itvnffl of news
Puhlishrd in the Walker County
Messenger twenty-five years ago
which will be of interest to the
Messenger readers today.
Tuesday afternoon at i:3O o’clock,
Hev. J. K. Imvis, pastor of tho Meth
odist church at Trion, and Miss Car
rie Hill were united in the holy bond j
of matrimony at the Methodist par- j
nonage. Presiding Elder H. J. Adams
performed the solemn service.
The total cotton crop estimate of
the U. S. for 1896 is 8,022,000.
Misses Orpha Center and Jessie
Cooper were arrivals on llie down
train from Chattanooga Tuesday
morning. ,
The place of J. M. Wardlaw, in
Hroomlown has passed into the
hands of his son, J. Farlow Ward
law, of Rome.
-O- ' |il -ts
At the ith Quarterly Conference
of LaFayette and Chickamauga cir
cuits held at LaFayette Saturday
the following stewards were elect
ed for the Conference year: T. A.
Jackson, Lee I)(*ck, B. F. Lloyd, W.
O. McCurdy, J. C. Wardlaw, F. A.
Price, J. B. Hill and J. A. Park.
Land on Wall street, N. Y. City
is the most valuable in the U. S.
Before you can buy it you must
plank (kiwn enough ten dollar bills
o cover the spot desired.
Sandersvillei claims the distinc
tion of having the largest hog in
Georgia. It is (he Duroc-Jersey
breed, measures 8 feet in length is
7 feel and two inches in circumfer
ence, is 3 years old and weighs 900
sounds growth.
In the year 1831, Capt. A. S. Allen
then a small boy. on his father’s!
arm, near Zebulon, Ga., stuck a
mulberry sprout in the ground about
‘he size of u lead pencil. Today it
•s a tree, ID feet in circumference at
a distance of two feet from the
iround and is said to be the largest
'ree of its kind in Georgia.
Effective In Ancient Warfare.
Among types of sword famous It
i Che past must be mentioned tl«o grose
j two-handed affair swung by the Cor
I mans In lansquenets, who were muol
I mixed up In tlie French religious wars.
So large was It, it could not be car
rled at the side In a scabbard, bill
had to be swung across the back
When the lansquenets went Inin ne
lou they bud 10 be stationed u good
distance apart. In order to coniine,
'he cßsunliics to the enemy. Kucfa
ook Ills stand, started the old acytlie
olag and developed quite n sphere
' influence.
WALKER COUNTY MESSE NOE&. NOVEMBER 25, 1921.
An Amateur's
First Story
By FREDERICK CLARKE |
((g), 1921, Western Newspaper Union )
"Come to bed, dear. It Is getting
late and you look all tired out.”
"I couldn’t sleep a wink, mother,
until I have my work done. You know
tomorrow Is a holiday, and I want to
get everything out of the way to give
all my time to you, dear,” replied Evn
Dominoe brightly.
"Always thinking of me,” Blghed
Mrs. Dorrance, a widow and an in
valid ; but her eyes were humid with
gentle affection.
Mrs. Dorrance kissed her loyal,
thoughtful daughter, and left Eva
alone.
Eva had been compelled to give up
a steady position so she could nurse
her mother. This had made It neces
sary for her to. obtain copying to do
at home. She had found a public
stenographer who did considerable oc
casional work for writers and lawyers.
Eva’s pleasantest copying was that of
some stories written by one Denzll
Worthington. One day, while Eva was
waiting for work at the office, she had
been Introduced to him by the man
ager. They had quite a chat. She
was pleased to thus really know a
story writer, her ideal of human Intel
ligence, anil he was Interested In the
hrnve, struggling, working girl.
Once he had come to the Dorrance
apartment. He had a hurry call for a
special article and dictated It while
Eva wrote, and their acquaintance
ripened.
The fair typist soon had the two
brief manuscripts before her com
pleted. She placed them aside, opened
a drawer, and took from It one-half
dozen sheets of paper. Eva read them
over.
“Oh, dear 1“ she murmured, ’Tm a
dismal failure.”
’ Eva’s little story was simple nnd
commonplace, but was more than cred
itable for an nmatenr. Her story, part
ly done, had one page not completed.
It was where her heroine had written
a letter to the man she loved. It ran:
"I am going away because I love
you, and I tell you this only because
I am sure we shall never meet again.
But It will be sweet solace for me In
the dreary future, to know that per
haps this knowledge may bring n pass
Ing thought In your mind of a girl
far below you In social and Intellectual
position, but able fully to understand
your noble soul, and knowing that your
genius will some day bring you great
fame, which she would he too lowly
to share, save as a hindrance to your
career.”
"Denzll” wrote Eva nt the top of the
letter. Then she blushed. P»ut why
not make her hero “Denzll?” It was
an odd name, a musical name, to her
—she fluttered ns she realized it—a
dear name.
Just then Eva noticed some writing
on the hack of ihe manuscripts she
had copied: “Must have these by ten
o’clock tomorrow. Don’t fall. D. W.”
Evn got the scattered pages together
In the morning, she hired n neighbor’s
boy to carry the stories to their au
thor. That afternoon she sat dawn to
rest. Her mother was asleep. Sud
denly there was a knock at the door.
Eva answered the summons. It was
Mr. Worthington. Eva’s face bright
ened. Then It became puzzled. There
was something In the fervent way In
which the author shook hands with
her, an excited challenging eye glance
that puzzled her.
“I hope yon found the stories all
right. Mr. Worthington.” said Eva, as
they were seated.
"Oh, yes—that Is—l did not look
over them,” nnd her visitor stammered
and seemed confused. “Surely, Miss
Dorrance, you are not going to leave
the city?”
"Leave the cttvT” repeated Eva, be
wildered. "I had not thought of It.”
“Then—then —” Worthington was
acting strangely—“then the note I re
ceived was —was not —" and he stopped
dead short, and drew from hi* pocket
—the unfinished page of poor Eva’s
story, the letter written by the fanci
ful heroine to the fanciful hero, the
fanciful “Denzll T
“Oh, Mr. Worthington!“
Eva, half crying, explained. Worth
Ington gravely but with Interest In
slated on seeing the unfinished story.
“You are a Jong way ahead of the
first story effort,” he told her. “I
shall be pleased to place It for you.
when It Is completed." Then his fnce
fell again, and he added: “And It
would have made me happier still, If
what I bad so fondly wished, so truly
hoped—
" That It might be true—that the
dream of perfect happiness that
brought me hen* might he true? Oh
Miss Dorrance —Eva —can you not sec
how much I love you!"
Her blushing fnce answered Denzll
Worthington.
"Then,” he said proudly, enfolding
her with a protecting arm, “It Is to be
love, hope, work —together!"
Their Car a Nursery.
When ranching In Montana I. a>*
eoinpnnled by another t nchelor, went
to a dance nt a relative’s ranch thlrt\
miles distant. The house was crowd
ed. and as It looked like rain we lef
early. Midway to my home the store,
broke, our machine stalled, and a
he same time yells nnd cries from he
bind mystified u*. Upon Investigatin'
vo found that two babies had bee*
nit to sleep on the back sent. It wa
inyllglit before we suoi'oeded In r>
torlng the frantic kids to their India
.taut mothers, nnd HI say it was son
tbrllllug exyeriatioe.—Cliivago Jourmi
WEAK, NERVOUS,
ALL RUN-DOWN
Missouri Lady Suffered Until She
Tried CarduL—Sajs “ Result
Was Surprising."—Got Along
Fine, Became Normal
and Healthy.
Bprlngfleld Mo.—“My hack was M
weak I could hardly stand up, and I
would have bearing-down pains and
was not well at any time,” says Mrs.
D. V. Williams, wife of a well-known
farmer on Route 6, this place. “I
kept getting headaches and having to
go to bed,” continues Mrs. Williams
describing the troubles from which
she obtained relief through the use ol
Cardul. "My husband, having heard
of Cardul, proposed getting It for me.
“I saw after taking some Cardul
... that I was improving. The result
was surprising. I felt like a differenl
person.
“Later I suffered from weakness
and weak back, and felt all run-down.
I did not rest well at night, I was no
nervous and cross. My husband said
he would get me some Cardul, which
he did. It strengthened me . . . My
doctor said I got along fine. I was in
good healthy condition. I cannot
say too much for it”
Thousands of women have suffered
as Mrs. Williams describes, until they
found relief from the use of Cardul.
Since it has helped so many, you
should not hesitate to try Cardul U
troubled with womanly ailments.
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ed them praise them highly.” When
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pation give them a trial and realize
for yourself wha an excellent medi
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LaFayrtte, Ga.
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The heeling effect of Hayes' heeuni Hooey In
side the throat combined with the healing effect of
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Standard 9 ft. 15 for $1.65
Binder Twine
SI.OO Per Ball
(Delivered to your home.)
Milk Cans
5 \allon Shipping Cans §4 00
10 “ “ “ 5.00
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lIcCLUhF & McCLURE
Attomevs-at-Law
Hamilton National Bank Building
Chattanooga, Tenn
Practice in tne courts of Georgia and
Tennessee.
W. M. Henry Earl Jackson
HENRY & JACKSON
Attorneys-at Law
Lafayette, Ga.
Pvactice In all the courts. Office in
Jackson Building.
J. E. Rosser W. B. Shaw
BOSSER & SHAW
?/Uorueys-at-Law
Offices
Walker County Bank Building
Lafayette, Georgia
Hamilton National Bank Building
Chattanooga, 'Lean.
NORMAN SHATTUCK
Attorucy-at-Law
Office in Bank of Lafayette Bldg.
Lafayette, Ga.
Practice in all Courts, State and
Federal
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DR. W. D. BALLENGER
Dentist
office Over Mrs. J. C. Reese's Milli
nery Store.
JACKSON BUILDING
Lafayette - - Georgia.
DR. ALLEN P. WARRENFELLS
Dentist
Faye ill • - Georgia
Second Floor Bunk of LaFayette
Building
U. Neil Andrews S. W. Fariss, Jr.
ANDREWS & FARISS
Attorneys- At-Luw
Office in Bank of Lafayette Bldg.
Lafayette, Ga.
DR. J. M. UNDERWOOD
Lafayette, Ga.
Residence 3rd story Street Bldg. N.
Main St.
Office in Jackson Building
Residence phone 2 S. on 53—Office
Phone 51
JULIUS RINK
Aitorney-At-Law
Office With
Jackson and Henry
Lafayette, Ga
J. A. SHIELDS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Cooper Building.
(Over 10c Store)
Lafayette, Ga,
Office Hours:
8:00-9:00 a. m.. .1:00-2.00 p. m.
Telephones—Res. 151, Office 86
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LaFayette, Ga.
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ly.
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